MUMBAI (Business Standard), February 25, 2008:Almost every serious government report on tax reforms owes some debt to Amaresh-da.
On the morning of February 20, a good man passed away in Delhi. He may not have been famous. But he was well-known and greatly respected and loved amongst the community of public finance scholars and practitioners. Above all, he was a gem of a human being.
One in a million. Amaresh Bagchi finally succumbed to the blood cancer ailment he had so valiantly fought for the last twelve years. Few knew of his ailment. He bore its tribulations with characteristic grace and stoicism. Understated and self-effacing as ever, this outstanding scholar-cum-public-servant continued to serve the cause of rational and humane public policy to his last day. His passing leaves a gaping void among the handful of top-notch public finance specialists who have served the country so well in the last few decades.
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